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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Name and identification of the medicinal product

Article R5121-3

Without prejudice to the application of legislation relating to trademarks or service marks, the invented name is chosen in such a way as to avoid any confusion with other medicinal products and not t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R5112-5

The French pharmacopoeia and the national formulary mentioned in Article R. 5112-4 are published on the website of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-5

Elections to the disciplinary chambers in New Caledonia and French Polynesia shall take place no later than four months after the date of renewal of the body of the Association.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sales and transfers of shares

Article R4381-59

The period provided for by the second paragraph of article 24 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies for the transfer of the shares of a deceased partner…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-15

…e share capital not held by the persons mentioned in the first paragraph or in 1° and 4° of article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice of the liberal professions in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation

Article R4381-85

Any court decision declaring a company null and void or ordering it to be dissolved shall be brought to the attention of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency by the secretary-registrar o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sales and transfers of shares

Article R4381-52

Company shares are freely transferable between members unless otherwise provided for in the Articles of Association. They may only be transferred to third parties with the consent of the company expre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4381-45

Copies or extracts of the minutes of shareholders' meetings are validly certified by a single managing director. During the liquidation of the company, they are validly certified by a single liquidato…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R4381-25

The purpose of the companies governed by this section is the joint practice of the profession of nurse or masseur-physiotherapist. Such companies are called "sociétés civiles professionnelles d'infirm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article D4364-15

When appliances and products are supplied by establishments with one or more sales outlets, each sales outlet must have at least one professional trained and competent under the conditions defined in…

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